PS is anyone keeping a tally of how many times the Mail has given airtime to calls for Rachel Reeves to resign?

The supposed Henry Ford line about what the public wanted was faster horses springs to mind.

It's hard to grieve too deeply for a group not receiving a perk they have never received just because someone else now does get that perk, when the supposed problem comes from them getting largesse the general public does not get.

A friend of mine was a well known chef. When asked how he makes his mashed potato so good, he says 'you don't want to know'.

PEBKAC.

Zero sympathy even in the unlikely event this is real and accurate. Equity release was designed for the mother.

Simple answer - equity release! I know that people need to choose their company carefully but if the woman is 'elderly' and has a house worth over £2 million, then she can free up plenty of money and stay in her house for the rest of her life.

He's not stanching the bleeding yet. It's not great, to put it mildly, to have your budget response derailed by questions on this type of subject. And he still hasn't found a form of words to close the subject down.

Many years ago, a partner I worked for wrote the words: "typographical adjustment".

I think a government in a stronger political position would have been prepared to be bolder at the moment.

One impact I think it might have is to solidify the concept of ‘anyone but Farage’ tactical voting, which could harm Reform significantly in electoral terms, even if it doesn’t touch his base.

Oh no, I'm old. I remember watching this when it was first broadcast.